From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,3b9cb18e1220c16c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-08 01:53:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Where did /= come from? Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3DC93F8B.9E28FD15@mmm.com> <3DC9508C.E4741F2A@mmm.com> <3DCAEFB1.D01B1B88@mmm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1036749208 15272 129.241.83.78 (8 Nov 2002 09:53:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:53:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30575 Date: 2002-11-08T09:53:28+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > Programmer Dude wrote: >> So many of his quotes are true (sadly or otherwise). That's what >> makes him (in my mind) a philosopher. > > Nah, that would make an astologist a philosopher. I mean it doesn't qualify for being a philosopher. An astrologist just says a bunch of general bullshit that most people can relate to and then they think "*WOW* this is how it is". :-) Read the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams if you haven't. They are great fun. -- Preben Randhol ------------------------ http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- �There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.� - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell